Four Victorian Kerosene Lighting Catalogs

This volume will delight kerosene lighting  collectors. Four original, never
before reprinted, catalogs from two  important  manufacturers and two large American retailers have been combined  into a single  reference. These catalogs  illustrate about 750 lamps and parts.
The Adams &  Co. catalog is in  color.

This is a must-have reference for those interested in  kerosene lamps of the 1885 to 1895 period. It includes  
hanging library lamps,  round-wick banquet lamps, figural lamps, glass lamps, piano lamps, table lamps,  shades and other lamp parts. There is a wealth of  
information that will allow  you to ensure your lamps are complete and outfitted correctly.  

The volume includes an Adams & Co. catalog 
c. 1885, a George Bassett (New York City retailer) 1889 catalog, an Edward Miller catalog c.1894 and a Pitkin and Brooks (Chicago retailer) 1892 catalog.  Also included are a price guide, introductory chapters on the companies and catalogs,  additional ephemera and patent information.

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Contents of Volume 3  


The Adams & Co. , circa 1885, rare catalog documents a number of desirable lamps such as the  Temple and Vase lamps.

Geo. F Basset & Co. sold lamps in New York City in the last  quarter of the nineteenth century. They obtained their lamps from a variety of  manufacturers including the E. Miller Company, Bradley and Hubbard, Hobbs Glass  Co. and the King Glass Co..

Edward Miller &  Co. was a  manufacturer of lamps and burners for eighty years, from 1844  to 1924.  Volume 3  includes a number of interesting pieces of E. Miller ephemera.

Pitkin & Brooks &  Co. were  a large Chicago retailer who sold pottery, porcelain and glass  as well as  lamps. They used many of the firms who also supplied George Bassett plus The Fostoria Glass Co., Findlay Glass, Dalzell, Gilmore &  Leighton Co.,  Riverside Glass Co., Cooperative Flint Glass Co. Ltd and the US  Glass Company .